Super Bowl Coach Dick Vermeil to Deliver Keynote at US Lacrosse
National Convention

The 2012 US Lacrosse National Convention, presented by
Champion, drew a record 7,064 participants and included a
presentation by Johns Hopkins University women's lacrosse coach
Janine Tucker. US Lacrosse will return its convention to
Philadelphia Jan. 11-13, 2013. Former Super Bowl coach Dick Vermeil
has been named the keynote speaker.

BALTIMORE — US Lacrosse today announced
two-time Super Bowl coach Dick Vermeil will deliver the keynote
address at the 2013 US Lacrosse National Convention, presented by
Champion. Vermeil, who coached the Philadelphia Eagles to the NFC
championship in 1979 and the St. Louis Rams to the NFL title 20
years later, will kick off the lacrosse world's largest educational
and networking event at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 11, at the Pennsylvania
Convention Center in Philadelphia.

"I want to thank US Lacrosse for giving me the opportunity to
speak with coaches, officials and other administrators who shape
the development of young people in lacrosse," Vermeil said. "My
grandsons, Tommy and Jack, played lacrosse at Gettysburg College
and Washington College, respectively, so I've been able to follow
the growth of the sport across the country. I'm looking forward to
being a part of the US Lacrosse National Convention."

"We are thrilled to welcome Coach Vermeil back to his adopted
hometown of Philadelphia to deliver the keynote address at our
national convention," said Beth Porreca, director of special events
at US Lacrosse. "His experience, values and passion make him ideal
to reach our coaches, officials and administrators with an
inspiring, educational message that they can take back to their
local lacrosse programs as the 2013 season gets underway."

Vermeil reached the pinnacle of coaching in the NFL both before
and after a 15-year career in the sports broadcasting booth for ABC
and CBS in the 1980s and '90s. In 1997, the Rams hired Vermeil as
head coach. In his third season, a 63-year-old Vermeil led the Rams
to victory in Super Bowl XXXIV over the Tennessee Titans. The
championship helped Vermeil win his second NFL Coach of the Year
award, as he had done 20 years earlier with the Eagles. Hired by
Philadelphia prior to the 1976 season, he had the Eagles in the
playoffs in 1978. A year later, helped by defensive back and 2012
US Lacrosse National Convention keynote speaker Herm Edwards,
Vermeil guided Philadelphia to a win over the Dallas Cowboys in the
NFC Championship Game and into the franchise's first Super
Bowl.

Vermeil served as head coach of the Kansas City Chiefs in
2001-05, taking them to the AFC Western Division championship in
2003. He finished his NFL coaching career with a 126-114 record.
Prior to his first head-coaching position in the NFL, Vermeil took
UCLA to a share of the Pac-8 Conference championship in 1975 and
win over top-ranked Ohio State in the Rose Bowl. He was 15-5-3 in
two years at UCLA, which followed multiple assistant coaching
positions in the NFL. Vermeil played quarterback at San Jose State
University and graduated from there in 1959.

Since retiring from the NFL, Vermeil, who was born in Calistoga,
Calif., has founded Vermeil Wines. He remains involved in the
Chester County (Pa.) Council Boy Scouts of America. Vermeil was
portrayed by actor Greg Kinnear in the 2006 film "Invincible,"
which told the story of Vince Papale, a high school teacher who
earned a walk-on spot on the Vermeil-coached Eagles teams of the
late 1970s.

The US Lacrosse National Convention, presented by Champion,
annually draws upwards of 5,000 participants, and it includes two
live demonstration fields, approximately 150 educational sessions,
and the US Lacrosse Fan Fest, a portion of events open to the
public and centered around the sport's largest exposition hall.